Movie Cosmos - The Talented Mr. Ripley

Description:

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

Top Cast >

Matt Damon

As Tom Ripley

Gwyneth Paltrow

As Marge Sherwood

Jude Law

As Dickie Greenleaf

Cate Blanchett

As Meredith Logue

Philip Seymour Hoffman

As Freddie Miles

Jack Davenport

As Peter Smith-Kingsley

James Rebhorn

As Herbert Greenleaf

Sergio Rubini

As Inspector Roverini

Philip Baker Hall

As Alvin MacCarron

Celia Weston

As Aunt Joan

Fiorello

As Fausto

Stefania Rocca

As Silvana

Ivano Marescotti

As Colonnello Verrecchia

Anna Longhi

As Signora Buffi

Alessandro Fabrizi

As Sergeant Baggio

Lisa Eichhorn

As Emily Greenleaf

Gretchen Egolf

As Fran

Jack Willis

As Greenleaf Chaffeur

Frederick Alexander Bosche

As Fran's Boyfriend

Dario Bergesio

As Police Officer

Larry Kaplan

As Uncle Ted

Claire Hardwick

As Gucci Assistant

Antonio Prester

As American Express Clerk

Lorenzo Mancuso

As Bus Driver

Onofrio Mancuso

As Priest

Massimo Reale

As Immigration Officer

Emanuele Carucci Viterbi

As American Express Clerk

Caterina Deregibus

As Dahlia

Silvana Bosi

As Ermelinda

Gianfranco Barra

As Desk Manager Aldo

Renato Scarpa

As Tailor

Deirdre Lovejoy

As Fighting Neighbor

Brian Tarantina

As Fighting Neighbor

Guy Barker

As Trumpet (Napoli Jazz Septet)

Bernardo Sassetti

As Piano (Napoli Jazz Septet)

Perico Sambeat

As Alto Sax (Napoli Jazz Septet)

Gene Calderazzo

As Drums (Napoli Jazz Septet) mer

Joseph Lepore

As Double Bass (Napoli Jazz Septet)

Rosario Giuliuni

As Tenor Sax (Napoli Jazz Septet)

Eddy Palerno

As Electric Guitar (Napoli Jazz Septet)

Byron Wallen

As Cornet (San Remo Jazz Sextet)

Pete King

As Alto Sax (San Remo Jazz Sextet)

Clark Tracey

As Drums (San Remo Jazz Sextet)

Jean Toussaint

As Tenor Sax (San Remo Jazz Sextet)

Geoff Gascoyne

As Bass (San Remo Jazz Sextet)

Carlo Negroni

As Piano (San Remo Jazz Sextet)

Giuseppe Fiorello

As Silvana's Fiancé

Marco Quaglia

As Silvana's Brother

Alessandra Vanzi

As Silvana's Mother

Marco Rossi

As Photographer

Roberto Valentini

As Onegin (Eugene Onegin Player)

Francesco Bovino

As Lensky (Eugene Onegin Player)

Stefano Canettieri

As Zaretsky (Eugene Onegin Player)

Marco Foti

As Guillot (Eugene Onegin Player)

Ludovica Tinghi

As Fausto's Fiancée

Nicola Pannelli

As Dinelli's Cafe Waiter

Paolo Calabresi

As Customs Officer

Pietro Ragusa

As Record Store Owner

Simone Empler

As Boy Singer

Gianluca Secci

As Policeman

Manuel Ruffini

As Policeman

Pierpaolo Lovino

As Policeman

Roberto Di Palma

As San Remo Hotel Desk Clerk

Dominic Fumusa

As Italian Boy in Rome (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Anthony Minghella

Director, Screenplay

William Horberg

Producer

Tom Sternberg

Producer

Gabriel Yared

Original Music Composer

John Seale

Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator

Walter Murch

Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David Rubin

Casting

Roy Walker

Production Design

Stefano Maria Ortolani

Art Direction

Bruno Cesari

Set Decoration

Ann Roth

Costume Design

Alessandra Sampaolo

Makeup Artist

Elisabetta De Leonardis

Hairstylist

Pat Jackson

Supervising Sound Editor

Kyrsten Mate

Sound Effects Editor

Sam Conway

Special Effects Coordinator

Dennis Lowe

Visual Effects Supervisor

Franco Maria Salamon

Stunt Coordinator

Claudio Pacifico

Stunts

Gary Jones

Costume Design

Steve E. Andrews

Associate Producer

Alessandro von Norman

Line Producer

Paul Zaentz

Co-Producer

Sydney Pollack

Executive Producer

Patricia Highsmith

Novel

Lynn Kamern

Unit Production Manager

Graham Walker

Music Supervisor

Dianne Dreyer

Script Supervisor

Phil Bray

Still Photographer

Larry Kaplan

Unit Publicist

Tim Monich

Dialect Coach

Ivan Sharrock

Sound Mixer

John Fenner

Supervising Art Director

Alessandro Alberti

Assistant Art Director

Sabina Lepri

Art Department Assistant

Ronna Kress

Casting Associate

Shaila Rubin

Casting

Sarah Beardsall

Casting

Fabrizio Sforza

Makeup Effects

Tina Earnshaw

Makeup Department Head

Kay Georgiou

Hair Department Head

Paolo Mantini

Hair Designer

Giorgio Gregorini

Hairstylist

Morris Flam

Gaffer

Richard Conway

Special Effects Supervisor

Giancarlo Mancini

Special Effects Coordinator

Antonio Gabrielli

Location Manager

Jennifer L. Ware

Sound Effects Editor

Mark Berger

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David Parker

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Robert Randles

Music Editor

Lydia Dean Pilcher

Co-Producer

Tony Wright

Storyboard Artist

Dianna Stirpe

Dialogue Editor

Barbara McBane

Dialogue Editor

Bernie Hearn

Property Master

Richard Quinn

ADR Editor

Mark Levinson

ADR Supervisor

Jeffrey Rollins

Set Dresser

Stefano Maria Mioni

Stunts

Alessandro Ponti

Stunts

David Ambrosi

Stunts

Deborah Ross

Title Designer

Gianni Arduini

First Assistant Director

Enrico Marrari

Second Assistant Director

Maria De Leo

Third Assistant Director

Filippo Fassetta

Third Assistant Director

Federica Ciciarelli

Third Assistant Director

Daniele Massaccesi

Steadicam Operator, "B" Camera Operator

Raffaella Giovannetti

Assistant Set Decoration

Francesco Postiglione

Assistant Set Decoration

Miraphora Mina

Graphic Designer

Donald Banks

Boom Operator

James McMillan

Key Grip

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (7/10)

With his son off galavanting around Europe, the wealthy "Greenleaf" (James Rebhorn) happens upon the eponymous character (Matt Damon) whom he charges with travelling - first class - to track down "Dickie" (Jude Law) and bring him home. He manages an introduction to his quarry, and his girlfriend "Marge" (Gwyneth Paltrow), on an Italian riviera beach and suggesting they'd both gone to Princeton, manages to inveigle an invitation to lunch. Now "Tom" has done his research here. he knows "Dickie" loves jazz, and so by feigning a recently acquired interest in the music he manages to comprehensively ingratiate himself into their lives. The arrival of their mate "Freddie" (Philip Seymour Hoffmann) manages to unsettle the wealthy man who concludes that he wishes to be rid of his newly acquired parasite. Next thing, well "Dickie" appears to have done his best Greta Garbo "want to be alone" and "Tom" is providing an initial shoulder to cry on for "Marge" before they part company. Now we know what happened, so are not too surprised when we see "Tom" start to live the life he'd always wanted to, he hooks up with "Meredith" (Cate Blanchett) whom he met on the boat over, and a life of fraudulent frolics ensue. As ever, though, one lie is never enough and the reappearance of "Freddie" and a chance meeting with "Marge" at the opera starts to cause problems for "Tom" that only increase when "Greenleaf" arrives wanting to know what the hell is going on... This is one of these characterful mystery dramas that hits the ground running and uses a solid cast to keep the momentum going until a denouement that i felt was just a little too serendipitous but that still works well. Damon is on good form and it's not hard to see why Jude Law made it initially either. Paltrow is underused at the start but does come into her element more as the the plot thickens and by the end there is an enjoyable will he/won't he uncomfortableness about the ending. The photography is classy and stylish illustrating well the scenarios in which these spoilt and malevolent folks find themselves, there's a bit of humour and some cracking jazz to pepper this superior thriller.

2024-01-18